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The Straight Dope

The Straight Dope is a popular question-and-answer newspaper column published in the Chicago Reader (an alternative weekly), syndicated in thirty newspapers in the United States and Canada, and available online. The column derives its name from the American idiom meaning roughly "the honest truth" and covers practically any subject. History, science, old wives' tales, urban legends and inventions are among the most frequently recurring topics. The column appears under the tagline "FIGHTING IGNORANCE SINCE 1973 (IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT)".

The column, first published by the Reader in 1973, is written by Cecil Adams To date, Adams has published five collections of his columns, and his "assistant" published a children's collection in the Adams style, Know It All. He has also published several collections of material from the column into paperback books.

The columns are archived at The Straight Dope website, which also hosts the Straight Dope Message Board, a popular internet forum.

Spin-offs

In 1996, the A&E Network briefly aired a show based on the column called The Straight Dope, hosted by comedian Mike Lukas.

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